From www.badmintonireland.com A win for Chloe Magee in the women’s singles proved the highlight of a stirring Irish performance against top seeds Denmark in the quarter-finals of the European Mixed Team Championships in Leuven Belgium yesterday (Fri). From the start, the Irish were determined not to be overawed, with Chloe Magee and Sam Magee only […]
In a thrilling finish to the Liffey Descent, Salmon Leap’s Gary Mawer and Barry Watkins out-sprinted the Spanish boat of Luis Amado-Perez Blanco and Miguel Llorens Lopez to win by just ten seconds in 1 hrs 48 mins 39 secs for the 17-mile course from Straffan to Islandbridge. After the heavy rain of the previous […]
The Irish relay team finished third in the medley relays (1200 x 400m x 800m x 1600m) at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Donore’s John Travers was first off the blocks, running his 1200m leg in 3 mins 2.99 secs, He was followed by Brian Gregan of Clonliffe who ran 46.31s secs for the 400m, […]
Jonathan Dolan and Sam Magee, who only teamed up last autumn, made it as far as the quarter-finals of the men’s doubles at the Swedish Badminton Masters in Uppsala. In their opening match, the Irish pair beat Mathew Fogarty and Bjorn Seguin of USA in straight sets. They then battled their way into the quarter-finals […]
Irish No 1 Madeline Perry won her 14th women’s title at the National Squash Championships hosted by Fitzwilliam LTC in Dublin. Last year, Aisling Blake had ended Perry’s winning streak, but with Blake currently sidelined by injury, there was no chance for revenge. Instead Perry faced international player Laura Mylotte in the final and won […]
Defending champion Arthur Gaskin will play Conor O’Hare in the quarter-finals of the men’s A singles at the National Squash Championships in Fitzwilliam LTC, Dublin after beating Michael Conroy in the opening round tonight (Fri). Madeline Perry begins her campaign to win a 14th national title when she takes on Fiona Power in the women’s […]
Michael Craig from Belfast was the surprise winner of the M19 title at the Irish Junior Squash Open at Sutton LTC, Dublin today. In the final, Craig beat Sutton’s David Ryan, who is in his first year at under-19 level and is ranked No 2 in Europe after winning Nordic Junior Open last month. He […]
Last January, Danielle Hayes took up powerlifting. Eight months on and she is a world champion. After many years spent in the gym, the 26-year-old Dublin schoolteacher wasn’t entirely new to lifting weights, but her stratospheric rise to the top is something of a shock. “The World Championships was only my second competition. I […]
BADMINTON: Matthew Lightbody made it a Munster U15 badminton hat trick at the University of Limerick over the weekend when he won boys’ singles and doubles and the mixed doubles. With partner Paul Reynolds, he beat Tomas Howard and Brian O’Mahoney to win the boys’ double title and later beat Reynolds to take the singles […]
Irish international Peter Egan of Salmon Leap and English international paddler Jon Simmons held off the challenge of the veteran Deaglun O Drisceoil of Salmon Leap and 21-year-old Tom Brennan of Thomastown to win the K2 race at the Liffey Descent canoe marathon in Dublin. This time, they quickly recovered and soon took over the […]
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